The Heat: Mexico struggles with the war on drugs

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Mexico’s so-called War on Drugs is one of the deadliest wars in the world. And now it may have just gotten worse.
Mexico’s War on Drugs is now in its eighth year. Since then, police and the military have been fighting the powerful drug cartels and drug traffickers. And, the bloody conflict has left tens of thousands dead. Although there have been some victories, Mexican authorities suffered a major setback recently when a notorious drug lord, Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, escaped from a maximum-security Mexican prison.
CCTV’s Franc Contreras filed this report.Follow Franc Contreras on Twitter @FrancMex

The Heat: Mexico struggles with the war on drugs pt1

The Heat: Mexico struggles with the war on drugs pt1

Mexico's so-called War on Drugs is one of the deadliest wars in the world. And now it may have just gotten worse.
Mexico's War on Drugs is now in its eighth year. Since then, police and the military have been fighting the powerful drug cartels and drug traffickers. And, the bloody conflict has left tens of thousands dead. Although there have been some victories, Mexican authorities suffered a major setback recently when a notorious drug lord, Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, escaped from a maximum-security Mexican prison.
CCTV's Franc Contreras filed this report.
Follow Franc Contreras on Twitter @FrancMex

For more on Mexico’s war on drugs, The Heat spoke with following guests:

Anabel Hernandez from San Francisco is one of Mexico’s leading investigative journalists. She was forced to flee Mexico due to death threats after writing extensively about the Mexican drug cartels. She is the author of ‘Narcoland’.

Vidal Romero from California is a Mexican Political Science professor. His focus is drug related crime. He is also a visiting professor at Stanford University.

The Heat: Mexico struggles with the war on drugs pt2

The Heat: Mexico struggles with the war on drugs pt2

For more on Mexico's war on drugs, The Heat spoke with following guests:
Anabel Hernandez from San Francisco is one of Mexico’s leading investigative journalists. She was forced to flee Mexico due to death threats after writing extensively about the Mexican drug cartels. She is the author of ‘Narcoland’.
Vidal Romero from California is a Mexican Political Science professor. His focus is drug related crime. He is also a visiting professor at Stanford University.

The Heat also spoke with Arturo Sarukhan. He has served as a career diplomat in the Mexican Foreign Service for 20 years and is former Mexican ambassador to the United States.

The Heat: Mexico struggles with the war on drugs pt3

The Heat: Mexico struggles with the war on drugs pt3

The Heat also spoke with Arturo Sarukhan. He has served as a career diplomat in the Mexican Foreign Service for 20 years and is former Mexican ambassador to the United States.